Gas line leak prompts evacuation of homes in Oshkosh, Oshkosh WI


Fire crews evacuated homes near an excavator due to a gas line leak in Oshkosh. Half the gas line has been shut off, and the situation is nearly resolved.
Audio|Source: Winnebago County Sheriff and Fire, Oshkosh Police, Fire / EMS
02:30
Transcript:
00:00
From the center of the street where the excavator is here, to the east, are the homes that we're most concerned with evacuating and metering.
00:08
The homes and residents in touch to the rest should be okay.
00:12
We're working on doing that right now.
00:14
Can you maybe just spend one more company up here to assist?
00:22
I can do that.
00:25
Let's see here.
00:26
Cornwallisette looks like you're kind of position to be to the east there if you could work your way up in the assist truck on five.
00:38
Good.
00:44
Go ahead.
00:48
I can give that guy a call back and then I don't feel suspicious.
00:52
Yeah, I was just going to call him.
00:55
If you need the info, it looks like his vehicle, they'll lean, it's a lean to Carvanna, is who here he will need to have breach.
01:11
During a previous call from near 2nd Street, phone call first.
01:17
They're looking to get a vehicle towed.
01:22
Okay for it.
01:27
Good.
01:29
Will the speed switching dispatcher is just letting you know of the damage complaint at near Midway Road.
01:36
It's just a phone call.
01:40
Tenth one
01:43
Tenth one
01:47
Tenth one
01:52
From commands, uh, re-positioned at Sawyer at one-o
02:02
And from truck 15.
02:05
Go ahead, truck one five.
02:09
Making pretty good progress on the street here.
02:12
We'll have a couple of houses remaining the check.
02:14
They've got half the gas line shut off.
02:17
They're almost to the other side of it here.
02:20
Should resolve fairly shortly, I'll keep you posted.
02:25
Okay, your evacuation is almost complete.
02:28
They've got half the gas line shut off.
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